More Info →Mrs J. G. Collins

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Mrs Collins (1870-1943), née Enid Astbury, married her husband John George Collins in 1892. She was the daughter of Annie and James Astbury. Enid spent her childhood at Newbury school and went on to become the first pupil teacher at Terrace End School under a Mr Guthrie. For thirteen years she held the role of President of Willard Children's Home and Orphanage and received the Jubilee Medal from King George V. She was also the first female Justice of the Peace in Palmerston North (about 1927 or 1928). Willard Children's Home and Orphanage was established in Palmerston North 1920, in a house administered by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. In 1961 the property was transferred to the Presbyterian Social Service Association for use as a home for the elderly. It is now known as Willard Elderly Care.

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Date

1927 to 1928

Digitisation ID

2007P_Pi201_PEO_1188

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"Coolstore"